Dans l’ombre de Girardon : sculpteurs champenois sur le chantier versaillais

Key player in the Versailles initiative, François Girardon, from Troyes, was one of the closest artists to Louis XIV. The sculptor’s participation in the glorification of the monarch—idealized in Apollo in the Grotto of Tethys at the Château de Versailles—and thus to the grandeur of the kingdom help...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alicia Adamczak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherche du Château de Versailles 2006-03-01
Series:Bulletin du Centre de Recherche du Château de Versailles
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/crcv/13273